Posted on 07/15/2004 10:28:27 PM PDT by churchillbuff
Washington - Warnings that terrorists are plotting "something big" against the United States are based on "very, very solid" information, the CIA's acting director said on Wednesday, likening the threat reports to those that preceded the September 11, 2001 attacks.
John McLaughlin, the acting CIA director, noted in an interview with National Public Radio that the US had ample warning of an attack before the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington but no specifics on the timing and targets.
"But we did have conviction that something big was coming at us. We have that same conviction now," he said.
"And the reason I say that it is serious is that I think the information I've seen is very, very solid. We have very little doubt about the information we have in terms of its sourcing and its authenticity," he said.
McLaughlin would not comment on the specificity of the intelligence this time, but said the agency has developed much more intelligence on al-Qaeda and its intentions since September 11.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warned last week that "credible reports" indicate al-Qaeda plans to carry out a large scale attack in the US to disrupt the elections.
Ridge said precise knowledge of the time, place and method of attack was lacking, but security is being stepped up at the sites of the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions this summer.
The Democratic Party's national convention is to be held in Boston July 26-29, while President George Bush's Republican Party is to hold its convention in New York August 30-September 2, ahead of the November 2 US presidential election.
Asked whether Americans should cancel vacation plans or stay away from Boston and New York during the conventions, McLaughlin said people should go about their business.
"But citizens themselves need to keep their eyes open and be alert," he said
World War II didn't end until we bombed the civilian populations of Germany and Japan.
One two punch, Saudi Arabia and Iran, game, set and match!
Prepare the MOABs and put the Tridents on high alert. Our response this time, has to be all business. No feeding people at GITMO on our tax money will do.
I hoe you are wrong too. Unfortunately, your scenario has merit. The little pukes will want to push for a "big" event so the press can play it up and drive Kommie Kerrie into the White House. If that happens we are gonna NEED to have had the AWB sunsetted `cause we will be fighting off the arrogant bastards right here.
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Anybody care to educate me?
Bio-Terrorism.
Thanks--I do know if I format in FrontPage I can make it work, but I was just too lazy to do that at this hour!
Alia,Kinda like if you pull out I will not kill,but have you sensed any attacks in your reading of chatter?Thought and to reason are good.I love ideas and thoughts and keep me up to date."His word choice contains an implied threat. He could have chosen other words. He's a lawyer. Lawyers know the meanings of words. "unhealthy.." "
I agree with you -- we are safer, and the reasons you list, are exactly clear. Nonetheless, Malaysia and Africa still remain hot zones. I sense that the Iran situation will boil or simmer quite soon.
Yes,Iran is looking quite "hot".
Exactly...but we're so much more "educated & sophisticated" now; the silly Utopians think that we should be beyond that. Problem is...evil doesn't change over time. Those who give tacit support to evil (including those in this country who do so every day) are just as guilty.
When you fail to crush evil when and wherever it emerges, it grows exponentially; unlike "good," which needs to be learned, and constantly defended.
If Bush wins a second term he will have nothing to lose and can put the word out to the Saudis that that is exactly what we have planned if one more frigging bomb goes off anywehere in the world by some Islamic nutcase.
You have 2 major conventions happening on the east coast, in major metropolitan areas..
Much of the nation's resources are going to be devoted to protecting everyone there..
I would be watching large gatherings of people and large metro areas in the rest of the nation.. Miami, Houston, Dallas, St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, etc...
Look for any large gatherings, or conventions, demonstrations, concerts, taking place in any of those large cities, and you are looking at a perfect target on those two dates..
All security is focused on Boston or New York, so hit where there is no security..
Just this morning, I read of some "funny business" type terrorist threats and/or attacks in Germany and France. Today also in the news? Suspicious powder "quarantined" in two locations in the US. Planes with funny fumes. ah. There's more. It doesn't mean that these things happening coincident to the events in Europe this morning are SPECIFICALLY terrorist-related. It could just be gamsters playing the system; faulty air fusalage. Who knows. Nonetheless, there is a "jointly timed" release to these events worthy of paying attention to. They could most certainly be "connected".
Round 'em up, Head 'em out- Rawhide!
Michake Savage is sounding more and more sane by the day ....
Michael Savage is sounding more and more sane by the day ....
I would add to your post: to watch dates. Dates seem to have specific importance to Islamofascists. heck, Even Louis Farrakhan and his "number 19" bizarre interpretation of 'racism" at a particular event had "meaning". To keep the "terrorist base" (ugh) fervently motivated, an intrinsic "religiosity" meanintful to the group must be enacted. Simply bombing the US election conventions would just be - striking at a group of US politicians and their supporters. Okay, then what? But if the attack also occurs on a day or "holy day" important to the terrorists, they, in a word, get to experience a type of "holy flame" which fuels their appetites for MORE.
AGREED
Retaliating fittingly, effectively [where?], rapidly,
and without getting into WWIV
. . . seems like a tall, tricky order.
What would you suggest to the President?
Watch your back.. for enemies, foreign, and domestic.
Especially congress, especially Liberals..
Some "americans" are our own worst enemy..
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